Travel Blogs from Bangalore, India

... me and that maybe, at the present moment, it was not a good match. So three weeks before the intended departure date, I left India and returned to my beloved Cambodia.
Some people say that "INDIA" is an acronym for "I'll Never Do It Again!".
I'm not ...

A brief but very welcomed stop at Bangalore at Raj's cousin's house before we headed to Mumbai. Along with the delicious home cooked food we went out to watch a hindi movie called 'Patiala House'. Preeti bhabhi also found a very apt t-shirt for ...

... covered the cost of the guy erasing two existing names from the booking list and inserting ours in their place! Walked around central Bangalore looking for a bank that would do a cash advance on my Visa. Finally found one (Central Bank of India) and ...

... found 2 other female travelers and the 4 of us were off to the hotel I'd found...then after we arrived, she disappeared...
Bangalore is India's mose modern city and in many ways it feels like any city in the world...billboards, traffic, etc, but it is ...

... we got home I had to visit my friend Scooby. Then, we went to a bookstore, an arts and crafts store (I call it the Made in India store) and a bakery. At the bookstore, I got a book called "A Man called Bapu". Dad told me it is about Mahatma Gandhi and I ...

... ). The Safari was good but I did not see as many animals as last time. I think it was to hot. The Bangalore Palace was quite beautiful outside but inside it definitely needed repair and maintenance. It costs 200 rupees for foreigners to enter and 500 ...

... finding a place to stay. I thought Miami was difficult to find an apartment in, but now I see it’s much easier than Bangalore. Despite the fact that I’ve had a lot of stomach discomfort, I was able to do a little sight-seeing. Yesterday I ...

After a lovely taxi ride up the coast from Pondicherry to Chennai we headed for the station to catch our train west to Bangalore. Concerned as to how we would find our train, and how we would carry our luggage through the crowded station, my concerns were ...

... and get tix. It was a good chance to revisit those breathing relaxation techniques they tried to stealthily teach us during the year.
Bangalore was pretty cool. One region called MG rd is ultra Western and the rest of the city is ultra busy (like all ...

... restrictions about going to the western part. Its not hard to avoid that area because it would take me almost 2 hours to get there because Bangalore is like the size of the Bay Area but with more traffic. But back to the drumming: I tried to muffle it out ...

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Due to the India England game being moved from Kolkata to Bangalore we had to do some rescheduling. Well my travel agent Claire did! This meant we did lose some money on cancellation fees for flight and trains to Kolkata and although our ...

... for week 2 of training. I managed to go out to a local club with one of the doctors from the weekend trip. Clubs in Bangalore close at 12am latest, no exceptions. Wow. Forgot to mention the Leela Palace Hotel, apparently 7 star. Most gorgeous hotel I ever ...

... everything she could about microcredit, visiting other microcredit practitioners and developing a plan to start a Microfinance Institution in India. She solicited seed funds and received $50,000 and lots of technical support from Grameen ...

... to plug in for power.
We were on our way to Sri Lanka, but one of our connections was in Bangalore (now officially renamed Bengaluru, but you knew that didn't you.) The Bengaluru Airport is also new...I think it opened last May. It ...

... wrote anything here so I will try to update it.
Today is a very special day for two reasons: a) it is our last day in Bangalore, we leave tonight and b) it is Gandi's birthday. Our first day with our host families is a holiday and so is our last, ...

... But they still do not drive in their own lanes. There is definitely less honking and people sleeping on the streets.
Bangalore is the IT Capital of India so a lot of people in Bangalore must be well off or come from a middle class family. It is not ...

Old market--> guide stepped on my toe and it started to bleed in possibly the dirtyiest place in the city.
Went to hardrock cafe for Noras birthday and the sign caught on fire while we were there. fire department came. needless to say i ...

Monday 20th of November
Got a plane for Bangalore, the airport in Pune is as big as the Dinard International Airport in Brittany!!! But at least they have a friendly staff.
From the air, the city looks quite green. Big mistake!! The pollution here is ...

... is. When I traveled to Colombia, the streets were lined with graffiti and there was an air of revolution and grit. When arriving in Bangalore, there is a mess of color and people and commotion. Yes, it is alive. Yes, there is noise. Yes, there is just SO ...

... in India. For the last month, I had been existing on street food and navigating via Lonely Planet guidebook. But Bangalore is the capital of India's growing IT economy. Call your local phone company with a problem? It most likely will be picked up ...

I can safely say that this has been the most engrossing trip of my life so far. Before I set out on this journey, I knew I was in for something special - but like I've said earlier, nothing really prepares you for the raw beauty of this frontier ...

... visited and one which u wish u never leave..
U have to stop me here...I have not talked abt the flavour of bangalore...Weather...Climate... whichever way u call... Its perfect.. If there is one reason I wud never want to leave this city... then its ...

... "purified" and want to do everything possible to maintain this state of being going forward. One day and one night in Bangalore and I'm still grinning so it's good so far :). Crazy good things happening...but I guess that's to be expected ...

... but we are in something of a rush and we really can't afford to buy anything. Sorry."
"Great carvings. Only availabe on Bangalore area. have a look."
You get the idea with that. This continued for a while till we convinced him we were serious and he ...

... the day.
Well it is time to call it a night. It has been a long day but before I go I want to say my food tonight was agreeable to me. Removing the India seasoning worked so hopefully I will try this a few more days and then try adding them ...